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Back to SearchEpisode 146 - My Games are Unapologetically Political
Episode 271
Recorded at Metatopia 2017
Presented by Shoshana Kessock, Neall Price, Susanne Vejdemo, Joshua A. C. Newman.
Art is and has always been political, and game design is no different. In this panel, we'l…
Published on 7 years, 8 months ago
Episode 145 - Narrative Arcs in Boardgames
Episode 270
Recorded at Metatopia 2017
Presented by Roberta Taylor, Curt Covert.
Everyone loves a good story, whether it's in a book or on a screen, but what about memorable story in boardgames. What does story …
Published on 7 years, 9 months ago
Episode 144 - Hierarchical Thinking in Games
Episode 269
Recorded at Metatopia 2017
Presented by Gil Hova, Jonathan Gilmour.
From Jones Theory to "this game fired that game", hierarchical thinking - comparing one thing to another in a way that ranks one as…
Published on 7 years, 9 months ago
Episode 143 - The Forge Retrospective
Episode 268
Recorded at Metatopia 2017
Presented by Bill White, Brennan Taylor, Lisa Padol, Evan Torner, and more.
Everything You Ever Wanted To Know About The Forge (But Were Afraid To Ask). The Forge (www.ind…
Published on 7 years, 9 months ago
Episode 142 - Games, Learning, and Social Change
Episode 267
Recorded at Metatopia 2017
Presented by Tam Myaing, Heather Wilson.
Games by their nature are learning tools. When we play games, we are, at a minimum, learning the mechanics and the boundaries of th…
Published on 7 years, 9 months ago
Episode 141 - What are you scared of?
Episode 266
Recorded at Metatopia 2017
Presented by Darren Watts, Christopher O'Neill, Roberta Taylor.
You've got a board game, card game, RPG or LARP in your head, but something's stopping you from settling dow…
Published on 7 years, 10 months ago
Episode 140 - We Have Always GMd
Episode 265
Recorded at Metatopia 2017
Presented by Kate Bullock, Michelle Lyons, Kathryn Miller, Anna Kreider.
As much as we'd like to banish "Women in Gaming" panels to the depths of our historic archives, the…
Published on 7 years, 10 months ago
Episode 139 - Writing Inclusive Alternate Histories
Episode 264
Recorded at Metatopia 2017
Presented by Eric Simon, Darren Watts, Shoshana Kessock, and Elsa Henry.
From the implicit imperialism of steampunk to the complicated controversy of HBO's Confederate, it …
Published on 7 years, 10 months ago
Episode 138 - Professionalization
Episode 263
Recorded at Metatopia 2017
Presented by Michelle Lyons-McFarland, Jason Pitre.
Professionalization has been defined as "transformation into a profession of the highest integrity and competence." Inte…
Published on 7 years, 10 months ago
Episode 137 - Don't Shred your Game
Episode 262
Recorded at Metatopia 2017
Presented by Dev Purkayastha.
A workshop for designers who have playtested their game - here or elsewhere - and have gotten challenging feedback. It's easy to feel discoura…
Published on 7 years, 10 months ago